Fiesta Leaking Petrol.

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Thu 11 Mar 2004 10:07
Fiesta Leaking Petrol. - Matt75
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help with the following. We have a '97 R-plate Ford Fiesta 1.3 Encore, when the tank is near full & parked on a slope it will leak petrol from the fuel cap nozzle. Despite this being checked by a local garage who could find not fault (the fuel cap has been replaced.) Problem still occurs - again only when the car is parked on a slope & the fuel tank is near full.
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Thu 11 Mar 2004 16:01
Fiesta Leaking Petrol. - Greg R
I cannot think why this is happening. The obvious answer is not to fill the tank to the brim or close to the brim since it may just be a design fault somewhere.
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Thu 11 Mar 2004 16:33
Fiesta Leaking Petrol. - The Grey Man
We had this problem last summer in our 98 R reg 1.25 Fiesta. I put it down to expansion of the petrol due to the heat and filling it too near the brim. Doesn't seem to have happened since in the colder weather. Tips - don't fill up when you've only got a mile's drive left back to your house, stop filling at the fist click, park on the level. Sorry for stating the obvious :-)
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Thu 11 Mar 2004 18:13
Fiesta Leaking Petrol. - Civic8
sounds like fuel filler pipe is split.
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Fri 12 Mar 2004 07:50
Fiesta Leaking Petrol. - Matt75
Thanks All for your replies. It's a pain that the place of work where this car is parked is situated on a slope, have been reducing the amount of petrol in the tank.
However, sometimes even when 3 quarter's filled it will still leak petrol. Problem has also still been occurring during the colder weather. Mech1 - thanks for your suggestion regarding filler pipe, will look into.
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Fri 12 Mar 2004 18:59
Fiesta Leaking Petrol. - jc
On a Fiesta of that age the fuel filler pipe will either be a one-piece moulding from the filler to the tank(which is under the back seat)or it may be a two-piece with a rubber joint in the middle(check this is OK).At the filler end,it is screwed to the body with a seal between the body and the pipe.
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Fri 12 Mar 2004 19:02
Fiesta Leaking Petrol. - jc
Why not park facing down the slope.
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